The origin and history of cajun culture

Charenton was also the original site for New Iberia. Piquant is French for "pricky" or "prickly". The Spanish word "picante" means sharp. Apparently there were prickly plants growing in the area.

Acadia[ edit ] The origin of the designation Acadia is credited to the explorer Giovanni da Verrazzanocommissioned by the King Francis I of Francewho on his 16th-century map applied the ancient Greek name " Arcadia " to the entire Atlantic coast north of Virginia.

Samuel de Champlain fixed the orthography with the 'r' omitted in the 17th century.

The term eventually came to apply only to the northern part of the coast in what is now Canada and New England. Cajuns were officially recognized by the U.

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Presided over by Judge Edwin Hunter, the case, known as Roach v. We conclude that plaintiff is protected by Title VII's ban on national origin discrimination.

The Louisiana Acadian is alive and well. He is "up front" and "main stream. By affording coverage under the "national origin" clause of Title VII he is afforded no special privilege.

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Over the next 45 years, the Acadians refused to sign an unconditional oath of allegiance to Britain. During this period, Acadians participated in various militia operations against the British and maintained vital supply lines to the French fortress of Louisbourg and Fort Beausejour.

The Acadians' migration from Canada was spurred by the Treaty of Paris which ended the war. The treaty terms provided 18 months for unrestrained emigration. Many Acadians moved to the region of the Atakapa in present-day Louisiana, often travelling via the French colony of Saint-Domingue now Haiti.

For example, Jean-Baptiste Semer, wrote to his father in France: They will always be better off than in France. There are neither duties nor taxes to pay and the more one works, the more one earns without doing harm to anyone. Families were split and put on ships with different destinations.

France had ceded the colony to Spain inprior to their defeat by Britain and two years before the first Acadians began settling in Louisiana. The interim French officials provided land and supplies to the new settlers. Some families and individuals did travel north through the Louisiana territory to set up homes as far north as Wisconsin.

Cajuns fought in the American Revolution.Later came the Americans who could not pronounce "Acadien" or "'Cadien", so the word, "Cajun" was born. The first known inhabitants known to have populated the Lafayette, LA area were the Attakapas Indians in the s.

• First-Hand Accounts of Old Acadie • Acadia to • Acadian Settlements • The Exile • Resettlement • Acadians in Canada • Cajun History - Acadians in Louisiana Acadian History thru the years in books Raynal wrote about Acadia in (A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies).

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Creoles in New Orleans have played an important part in the culture of the city. Creoles, like Cajuns, have contributed so much to New Orleans art, music and social life; without them, New Orleans wouldn't be the unique city it is today.

• First-Hand Accounts of Old Acadie • Acadia to • Acadian Settlements • The Exile • Resettlement • Acadians in Canada • Cajun History - Acadians in Louisiana Acadian History thru the years in books Raynal wrote about Acadia in (A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies).

Cajuns are a group of people largely residing in southern Louisiana, a region rich with the history of several cultures. Descended from the Acadians, French settlers from Atlantic Canada, today they celebrate a diverse and vibrant culture unlike any other.